Cigarette case

Museum number:
2-13382a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210213382a@2cb
Alternate number:
250 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Attu Island, Near Islands, Western Aleutians
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Attu Island
Culture or time period:
Western Aleut
Maker or artist:
Katy Klax
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Cigarette case. Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 12.5 centimeters, (b)— length 12.5 centimeters, (b)— width 7.5 centimeters, and (a)— width 7 centimeters
Comment:
Specimen said to be old in 1929. At that date collector said that such cigarette cases sell in Alaska for from $75–$100.00. Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-September 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette case, accession number 2-13382a,b, described as Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette case, accession number 2-13382a,b, described as Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette case, accession number 2-13382a,b, described as Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette case, accession number 2-13382a,b, described as Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cigarette case, accession number 2-13382a,b, described as Cigarette case made of fine, split swamp grass; fine twine; bands of openwork alternating with bands of design in color. Flat.

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